CentOS - Sep 2005 - Error running startx as non-root user

I've been looking online for resources that may help me, but I haven't
found
anything that worked.  I'm trying to run x as a non-root user.  Any
suggestions?  

 

I get the messages:

 

Fatal server error:

PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.

        Perhaps you do not have console ownership?

 

 

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

         at http://wiki.X.Org

 for help.

 

Here is what I've tried:

1)         chmod 777 /dev/console

 

2)         /etc/pam.d/xserver looks like:

auth       sufficient   pam_rootok.so

auth       required     pam_console.so

account    required     pam_permit.so

auth       required     /lib/security/pam_console.so

auth       required     /lib/security/pam_permit.so

account    required     /lib/security/pam_permit.so

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On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:46 -0500, Todd Reed wrote:
> I?ve been looking online for resources that may help me, but I haven?t
> found anything that worked.  I?m trying to run x as a non-root user.
> Any suggestions?  
> 
>  
> 
> I get the messages:
> 
>  
> 
> Fatal server error:
> 
> PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
> 
>         Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> 
>          at http://wiki.X.Org
> 
>  for help.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is what I?ve tried:
> 
> 1)         chmod 777 /dev/console
> 
>  
> 
> 2)         /etc/pam.d/xserver looks like:
> 
> auth       sufficient   pam_rootok.so
> 
> auth       required     pam_console.so
> 
> account    required     pam_permit.so
> 
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_console.so
> 
> auth       required     /lib/security/pam_permit.so
> 
> account    required     /lib/security/pam_permit.so
> 
> 
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That happens when you log in as root then "su" to the user you are
trying to startx with. 

Just create a user with useradd. Then give him a password with passwd,
exit the console then log in with that user and run startx.